What is Dyslexia Dyslexia is part of a set of disorders know as Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD). It can cause difficulties when learning to read‚ write‚ spell and speak. Dyslexia can also affect short-term memory‚ concentration‚ sequencing‚ mathematics‚ personal organisation and kinaesthetic motor skills. (Creative Education‚ 2015) Different Approaches Orton-Gillingham Approach One of the oldest tactics for dyslexia is the Orton-Gillingham Approach (OG) from the 1930s. It uses an intensive
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books such as‚ Go Dog Go‚ You Read to Me‚ I’ll Read to you‚ and To Kill a Mockingbird. My father read books to my sister and me‚ such as Fairy Realm‚ Little House‚ and Percy Jackson‚ before bedtime. I now find reading very enjoyable‚ even though my dyslexia has made reading more difficult. Although I enjoy reading now‚ I used to have many hard days when reading felt like a chore. I remember my mother and me sitting on the couch reading together. There were days when I loved it and wanted to keep going
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credit. They gave me a perfect balance of life‚ and helped to shape the person I am today.” Mackenzie was never considered a “genius” or very smart really. Mackenzie grew up with dyslexia; everything was more challenging for her. Math‚ science‚ and especially reading were tough. She had a rough time dealing with her dyslexia‚ and she always felt unintelligent and inferior to everybody. Although Mackenzie always had the best education growing up‚ she didn’t always take full advantage of it. “Being
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REFLECTION: Failure in reading has frequently been associated with emotional problems‚ and‚ in turn‚ emotional problems have been attributed to reading failure and reading difficulty. Social adjustment‚ too‚ have been related to reading problems. In many cases‚ intense emotional strain and reading disability seem to interact. Most children with reading problems are not emotionally stable and socially deprived. According to Page (1952)‚ “there are two emotional factors in reading disabilities: (a)
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(1997). Are speech perception deficits associated with developmental dyslexia? Journal of Experimental Child Psychology‚ 66(2)‚ 211– 235. Meyer‚ M. S. 2002. Repeated reading: an old standard is revisited and renovated. Perspectives. Vol.28. No.1. Winter. Baltimore‚ MD: The International Dyslexia Association. Meyer‚ M. S.‚ & Felton‚ R. H. (1999). Repeated reading to enhance fluency: Old approached and new direction. Annals of Dyslexia‚ 49‚ 283-306. National Reading Panel. (2000). Report of National Reading
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edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/EBIBrief_Cover-copy-compare_2010.pdf Retrieved on November 13‚ 2014‚ from https://www.msu.edu/course/cep/886/Writing/home.htm English Club (2014). Writing. Retrieved November 11‚ 2014‚ from https://www.englishclub.com/writing/ International Dyslexia Association (2008). Spelling and Dyslexia. Reading Rockets.Retrieved November 13‚ 2014‚ from
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org/types-learning-disabilities/dysgraphia/what-is-dysgraphia What is Dyscalculia? (n.d.). Retrieved on November 25‚ 2013 from http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/dyscalculia/what-is-dyscalculia What is Dyslexia? (n.d.). Retrieved on November 25‚ 2013 from http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/what-is-dyslexia
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SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS PORTFOLIO Moving towards inclusive education INTELLECTUALLY GIFTED AND CHALLED STUDENTS IQ An Intelligence Quotient‚ usually referred to as IQ‚ is a numerical score arrived at through testing. A student can have a Low‚ Average or High IQ. Intelligence is an inherited trait which‚ if low may make learning difficult unless facilitated by a highly skilled teacher. Additionally‚ a pupil who has inherited a high intelligence can be badly affected by bad teaching methods and
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Care and Education‚ Heinemann‚ Essex Dare A & O’Donovan‚ 1997‚ Caring for young children with special needs‚ london Websites www.scope.org.uk Date Accessed 6.3.13 http://dera.ioe.ac.uk Date Accessed 6.3.13 http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/about-dyslexia/further-information.html Date Accessed 27.3.13 http://www.dyslexia.com/library/classroom.htm#ixzz2OjXzsNjx Date Accessed 27.3.13 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/mar/08/special-needs-children-budgets Date Accessed 19.4.13 http://www.barnardos
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full potential in the classroom. Ten to thirty percent of elementary school children suffer from difficulties during the act of writing (Rosenblum‚ & Weiss‚ & Parush‚ 2004). There are many learning disabilities such as dyslexia‚ dysgraphia‚ dyscalculia‚ and dyspraxia. Dyslexia is a reading disorder where the child cannot identify different word sounds. Dysgraphia is a developmental writing disorder that leads to
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